benzene

hydrocarbon compound consisting of a 6-sided ring

A skeletal formula: each corner and end of a line is a carbon atom, and the hydrogens bonded to carbon are left unwritten.

Formula: C₆H₆; Wikidata
Molar mass The mass of a mole of it, from the elements' atomic weights: 78.114 g/mol; Worked out
Made of Atoms in one formula unit, and each element's share of the mass: Carbon 6 92.3%
Hydrogen 6 7.74%
12 atoms in all; Worked out
Other names: (6)annulene, 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene, BNZ, C6H6, [6]annulene, benzol, benzole, benzolene, bicarburet of hydrogen, cyclohexa-1,3,5-triene, cyclohexatriene and phenyl hydride; Wikidata
Same formula Other compounds made of the same atoms: benzvalene, prismane, Dewar benzene, fulvene, bicyclopropenyl, Claus' benzene, cyclohexa-1,2,3-triene, cyclohexatriene; Wikidata
Labelled with an isotope The same atoms, one of them a particular isotope, as in heavy water: deuterated benzene; Wikidata
CAS Registry Number: 71-43-2; Wikidata
PubChem: CID 241; Wikidata
InChIKey: UHOVQNZJYSORNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N; Wikidata
SMILES: c1ccccc1; Wikidata
Wikidata item: Q2270; Wikidata